DIY ombre results

so last night i finally plucked up the courage to ombre my hair, and i'm so glad i did! i've never dyed my hair before and i was so nervous, sitting on my bathroom floor in a bin bag tentatively 'placing' the bleach on my hair (more like squirting it here there and everywhere, 'non-drip bottle' my arse). as you can see it hasn't gone really blonde, more strawberry blonde, but this was what i was expecting really seeing as my hair is quite dark to begin with. 

i did it twice; after the first time i really liked it but it was slightly darker than this, and i also didn't go as far up so it looked a bit funny. second time round i was a lot more confident and thought i'd put lots more bleach on but it turns out i hadn't, so it hasn't gone as light as i had hoped!

i think it's a bit dip dye at the moment, because i have layers and didn't seperately bleach them it isn't quite the 'grown out' look but i might get sophie to touch it up for me when she comes home before i leave (bleaching my hair twice in two weeks, hair please don't hate me!)

but anyway, what do you think? everyone says it, but honestly it was so easy, so if you're considering doing it... well stop considering and just do it! if anyone has any questions i'd be happy to (try) and answer them :)

speak soon, love

ps: if you look closely you can see the ear cuff i was talking about a while back in this post! i am so so happy with it!

movember metro moustaches

Inquisitive tash...

...friday-night-on-the-pull tash...

... and puzzled tash!



:) Did anyone else read todays metro? It was the cover competition winners edition and the very front one was about movember, an event that you now have most likely heard about as bloggers love it! it's basically an event that raises money and awareness for charities concerned with mens health, focusing on prostate cancer. the idea is that guys should 'start Movember 1st  clean shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month.  The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men'. Basically a bit of fun for a good cause! Anyway, the front cover contained about six different moustaches to cut out and wear, and seeing as i can't grow a real tash, i thought i'd wear these instead :) now i'm fuzz-free again i've stuck them on various inanimate objects in my rooms, a cause of much amusement for me whenever i catch it's eye/tash.

AND GUESS WHAT ELSE...

i finally plucked up the courage to buy bleach to ombre my hair! this was my second trip, the first time round i felt like such a melon stood in the hair dye aisle like WHAT ARE ALL THESE BOXES I DON'T UNDERSTANDDD and then i was also quite embarrassed by the funny looks i'm sure i was getting - i mean wouldn't you if there was a chinese girl with dark hair staring at the armful of blonde hair dyes she was trying to juggle? anyhoo, i've read the instructions, but so far that's it. maybe i'll have the guts to do it tomorrow!

until then, speak soon, love!